Section 304 in The Indian Penal Code, 1860
304. Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder.—
Whoever commits culpable homicide not amounting to murder
person by doing any rash or negligent act not amounting to culpable homicide, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which
Indian Penal Code, 1860
308. Attempt to commit culpable homicide.—
Whoever does any act with such intention or knowledge and under such circumstances that ... that act caused death, he would be guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description
Penal Code, 1860
300. Murder.—
Except in the cases hereinafter excepted, culpable homicide is murder, if the act by which the death is caused ... premeditated design to kill any particular individual. Exception 1.— When culpable homicide is not murder.— Culpable homicide is not murder if the offender, whilst deprived
Section 299 in The Indian Penal Code, 1860
299. Culpable homicide.—
Whoever causes death by doing an act with the intention of causing death ... likely by such act to cause death, commits the offence of culpable homicide. Illustrations (a) A lays sticks and turf over a pit, with
person injured afterwards dies. A may be tried again for culpable homicide. (c) A is charged before the Court of Session and convicted ... culpable homicide of B. A may not afterwards be tried on the same facts for the murder of B. (d) A is charged
Causing death of quick unborn child by act amounting to culpable homicide.—
Whoever does any act under such circumstances, that if he thereby caused death ... would be guilty of culpable homicide, and does by such act cause the death of a quick unborn child, shall be punished with imprisonment
statement of a person who dies.
whether the death is a homicide or a suicide, provided the
statement relates to the cause of death ... prompting or tutoring.
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(4) Section 32 does not speak of homicide alone but
includes suicide also, hence all the circumstance which
question (i)
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25. Section 304 IPC provides for punishment for
culpable homicide not amounting to murder. It reads as
under:
"S.304. - Punishment ... culpable homicide not
amounting to murder - Whoever commits culpable
homicide not amounting to murder shall be punished
with imprisonment for life or imprisonment of either
Section 301 in The Indian Penal Code, 1860
301. Culpable homicide by causing death of person other than person whose death was intended ... intends or knows to be likely to cause death, commits culpable homicide by causing the death of any person, whose death he neither intends